Fuentes, Carlos

The Resource
Fuentes, Carlos

Name

Fuentes, Carlos

Description

The lyrically written and experimental fiction of renowned Mexican author Carlos Fuentes offers readers a challenging but intellectually rewarding look at the history and culture of the author's native country. Fuentes' sprawling, intricately plotted, and leisurely paced stories depict frustrated and doomed romances, spiritual journeys, and nostalgic (and sometimes colorfully exaggerated) accounts of ages past, but they are distinguished by ambitious formal experimentation, heavy doses of magical realism, insightful observations on human psychology, and provocative views on political movements and historical figures. Start with: The Death of Artemio Cruz

The lyrically written and experimental fiction of renowned Mexican author Carlos Fuentes offers readers a challenging but intellectually rewarding look at the history and culture of the author's native country. Fuentes' sprawling, intricately plotted, and leisurely paced stories depict frustrated and doomed romances, spiritual journeys, and nostalgic (and sometimes colorfully exaggerated) accounts of ages past, but they are distinguished by ambitious formal experimentation, heavy doses of magical realism, insightful observations on human psychology, and provocative views on political movements and historical figures. Start with: The Death of Artemio Cruz